Dynamic endocrine responses to stress: Evidence for energetic constraints and status dependence in breeding male green turtles

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 59-67

  Jessop, Tim S ^a,b   Knapp, Rosemary ^a   Whittier, Joan M ^b   Limpus, Col J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Department of Environment ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Androgen; Chelonia mydas; Corticosterone; Male physical status; Reproduction; Stress

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOSTERONE; SEX HORMONE;

ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BREEDING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ENERGY; HORMONE RESPONSE; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; TURTLE;

EID: 0036236283     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.2001.7769     Document Type: Conference Paper

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